Letter: Let's care for kids

I hate child abuse. I took care of children starting as a young teenager and have always believed children are special and need to be respected intellectually, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

I worry about the debt and what the children will inherit and I pray about that daily. Children have worth, and when I see or hear about child abuse I want to scream. I see little children as vulnerable, sweet spirits who should be nurtured and protected. Never is there a reason to hit a child.I was blessed to have wonderful parents who loved me and my sister. My mother and father’s love is what makes me have compassion for the weak and vulnerable today.

When I advocate for mental health, I am coming from a place where my feelings toward humanity were nurtured by parents who saw life as sacred. All life is sacred, and when I witness inhumane treatment of people who can’t fight back and who can’t speak for themselves, I make a choice to speak for them. I see injustice, and I encourage others to fight when they see injustice. Children are the future and they matter. To see a child beaten down emotionally by a parent struggling to give the best care makes me cry. So many live in poverty or in homes where the parent or parents are doing drugs or are alcoholics. Children need attention, shelter, food, good clothing and freedom to get out in nature and play.

Let’s continue to be a state where people look out for the weak. Let’s care for children. Let’s donate to Kansas Children’s Service League or Family Service and Guidance Center or other organizations that try to help kids. Let’s make a difference and do it today.

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children first. The greatest abuse many of our children face is narcissism. Ever think maybe we're being told something? We live in an era of grace, but read Titus 2:11-15. Grace isn't the free fall option we've come to believe.
Overcoming self isn't easy. The past 50-60 years of ME is bearing it's fruit. I think of E pluribus unum, and how it sounds much like prophecies involving the church. Many nations, into one. How deep the implication, don't know. But I do know, we have been blessed. I don't see what is happening in Israel, Iran, Iraq, etc. as an accident. They rejected true peace many, many years ago. In areas of the world the children don't have the choices ours throw away. A plan was written of old to govern the family. It may not be PC and it is abused, but has it's replacement bought harmony? Children are becoming their own worst enemy, too often it's "state" sanctioned. How compassionate and caring is it to leave our children without the adequate faith and skills to deal with the reality of life? To not make them understand their accountability to family and others. That if family problems occur, it may be their attitude or mouth? Some social workers may lie to them and say it 's all their folks fault? To not help them understand life is a privilege. It is wrong to beat a child, but, some children need a "firm" loving hand. Not all children have a sweet spirit, some are flat dangerous. There are a lot of "selfish" parents out there. But there are a lot of good parents who reach a "breaking point".
It's harder to be a parent now than it was for our parents(late baby boomers). I believe that God is in control, but that doesn't mean I'm not a realist. More and more fear rules. Wide open spaces aren't near as safe now. There are still good "neighborhood watchfolk". But there are way too many who are "looking" to nail a parent to the wall for letting a child be a child. Or for trying to curb the reality of a fallen nature.
II Timothy 3 is a reality. We need to reach out to all who are hurting. But we have to be honest with self and them.